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Even if the country cut its rate of transmission in half — a tall order — some 650,000 people might become infected in the next two months. “We’re looking at something that’s catastrophic on a level that we have not seen for an infectious disease since 1918,” said Jeffrey Shaman, a professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia and the leader of the research team, referring to the Spanish flu... at least 1 in 5 Americans will be under orders to stay home in the coming days, and more states are expected to follow suit. But other places have resisted....

The rules for how Republican delegates are selected — which differ in every state — could end up turning votes for one candidate into delegates who will support another candidate at the convention. ... But delegates may not personally support the candidate that voters picked. In a few states, candidates pick their delegates outright, but in most cases they have less control. Many delegates are elected by party members at local and state conventions. The candidates often conduct parallel campaigns to get their supporters named as delegates. Here are examples of the variety of methods for selecting delegates used...

The rules for how Republican delegates are selected — which differ in every state — could end up turning votes for one candidate into delegates who will support another candidate at the convention.

Even before September 11, 2001, Oklahoma City residents knew the horror of terrorism. Nearly everyone remembers April 19, 1995, when explosives brought the Alfred P. Murrah building down. Since then, Oklahoma City residents have become a profoundly patriotic community. That's why when Kenneth Cofer claimed America got what it deserved from the Oklahoma City bombing and 9/11 attacks, Vietnam veteran Larry Buchanan defended his country and beliefs. Cops say this was just the beginning in a series of confrontations that would eventually end in murder. -snip- On September 13, 2002, Cofer and Buchanan ran into one another for the third...

Larry Buchanan, the filmmaker who has died aged 81, specialised in the niche market for what he called "guerrilla filmmaking" - truly dreadful B-movies with such names as Zontar, the Thing from Venus; Curse of the Swamp Creature; Naughty Dallas and Mars Needs Women, a film which reputedly features in every list of the worst movies ever made. But even this last title found a market, and reached its widest audiences in a version dubbed into Yiddish. Buchanan combined the roles of producer, director, screenwriter, editor and, where appropriate, voice-over narrator. He was unashamed, even proud, of tacky production values,...